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Global Ministries is the international mission, humanitarian relief and development organization of The United Methodist Church. We connect people inside and outside the church to spread God’s love and Christ’s caring presence throughout the world.
The mission of Global Ministries is to help the whole church participate in God’s mission. We answer God’s call to mission by sending missionaries, strengthening churches, providing humanitarian relief and improving community health.
Global Ministries brings United Methodist conferences, churches and members together to engage in God’s mission.
The vision of Global Ministries is a worldwide church that works together, following Christ’s example of mission and ministry.
Global Ministries lives its purpose and pursues its vision through four historic mission goals: making disciples of Jesus Christ; developing and renewing Christian congregations and communities; alleviating human suffering; and seeking justice, freedom and peace.
Discover Global Ministries’ history and role in Methodism, a movement that stretches back to John Wesley (1703-1791), an English pastor, theologian and evangelist.
Our mission theology statement — how we understand our relationship to God and God’s relationship to the church — grounds and guides Global Ministries’ work.
The 2025-26 strategic plan organizes our work in two main areas: Connecting the Church in Mission and Alleviating Human Suffering.
McDowell County is one of the poorest in the U.S., and the communities of Anawalt, Leckie and Gary are some of the hardest hit by the current six-year water crisis. All have Methodist churches that are part of the Welch Charge.
To ease the burden of residents who have to purchase many gallons of drinking water weekly, the Welch Charge contacted the West Virginia Conference Disaster Response Coordinator, Jim McCune, for help. McCune’s United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) connection put him in touch with Global Ministries’ Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) program.
A WASH grant allowed them to obtain a 500-gallon “water buffalo.” The conference disaster response team arranged to fill the portable water buffalo from the Welch water system, the county seat of McDowell, and transport it to Gary, where residents have been supplied with refillable containers. Residents of all three towns can come to get water, and volunteers will also continue deliveries for those who need it. Meanwhile, residents, including church members, continue to advocate state and local officials for a permanent solution to their aging, compromised water infrastructure. Full Story
